Sources: Rodgers, Pack closer to massive deal

Summary of 4 articles · Updated Mar 28, 2013

Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers are getting closer to a long-term contract extension that would make the star quarterback the highest-paid player in NFL history, according to league sources. Jordan Rodgers, the younger brother of Packers quarterba… (more)ck Aaron Rodgers, has completed a college career at Vanderbilt and is preparing for the NFL draft. Rodgers' base salary in 2013 is $9.25 million, while his 2014 deal is worth $10.5 million. Rodgers' new deal is expected to rival those of Joe Flacco, Drew Brees and Peyton Manning, a trio of Super Bowl MVPs whose contracts are among the richest in NFL history. That distinction currently belongs to Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco, who parlayed his outstanding playoff performance in leading the Ravens to a win over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII and his impending status as an unrestricted free agent this offseason into a six-year, $120.6 million contract, a $20.1 million APY that nudged him past the $20 million per year average that New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees received in his extension last July.

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Report: Packers, Aaron Rodgers nearing long-term extension

The Green Bay Packers and quarterback Aaron Rodgers are closing in on an extension that will make the 2005 first-round pick out of Cal the highest-paid player in NFL history, ESPN's Adam Schefter reports. That distinction currently belongs to Baltimore …